Sexual Addiction: Wisdom from The Masters
Sexual Addiction: Wisdom from The Masters

Author: Carol Juergensen

Publisher: eBookIt.com

Published: 2016-07-13

Total Pages: 243

ISBN-13: 1456626906

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This ebook shares the wisdom from the most prolific sexual addiction experts in the world talking about sexual addiction, shame, trauma, trauma reenactment, partner betrayal, partner pain, love addiction, and other issues that contribute to compulsive sexual acting out. Two of the chapters include Patrick Carnes who founded the Sexual Addiction Recovery Movement and Claudia Black who helps Partners of Sex Addicts regain their equilibrium from this traumatic disorder. This book simplifies the principles that make recovery possible for anyone who has been affected by sexual addiction. If you believe that you have a sexual addiction or you love someone who suffers from this addiction, you will benefit from reading the recovery tasks that will take your life to the next level!

A Couple's Guide to Sexual Addiction
A Couple's Guide to Sexual Addiction

Author: Paldrom Collins

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2011-11-18

Total Pages: 211

ISBN-13: 1440526974

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Like other psychiatric disorders, sexual addiction is a condition that affects peoples' relationships with others as much as it affects their own mental state. Individuals suffering from sexual addiction typically pursue sex through any means possible and often engage in risky forms of sexual activity such as exhibitionism, promiscuous sex with multiple partners, online sex, etc. It's easy to see how a couple's relationship may be challenged by the manifestations and reality of a disorder like this one. A Couple's Guide to Sexual Addiction discusses common relationship issues within the context of sexual addiction and provides the reader with exercises, information, and advice on the following topics: Trust Communication Healthy sexuality & sexual behaviors Family By understanding the reality of sexual addiction and what it means for a relationship, couples will be able to better relate to each other and plan for a successful future.

Understanding and Loving a Person with Sexual Addiction
Understanding and Loving a Person with Sexual Addiction

Author: Stephen Arterburn

Publisher: David C Cook

Published: 2018-04-01

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 0830772219

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This practical guide helps spouses to understand what drives sexual addiction and how to find healing after betrayal. When Jason Martinkus confessed his infidelity to his wife, Shelley, she wasn’t sure she could ever trust him again. Together they began a difficult but redemptive journey of understanding sexual addiction. In this book, Jason and Shelley join Stephen Arterburn to address the following: What sexual addiction is and how to know if someone is addicted How to understand the roller coaster of post betrayal emotions Guidance in developing boundaries What to do if a spouse doesn’t want to recover This is a valuable resource for anyone who loves someone addicted to sex or pornography.

Help Her Heal
Help Her Heal

Author: Carol Juergensen Sheets

Publisher:

Published: 2019-04-05

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 9781733922203

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A workbook for sex addicts in recovery, or for those looking into beginning recovery from sex addiction.

Clergy Sexual Misconduct
Clergy Sexual Misconduct

Author: John MDIV Phd Thoburn

Publisher: eBookIt.com

Published: 2016-04-27

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 0983271380

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Nearly 10 percent of pastors have adulterous affairs and 15 percent are addicted to Internet pornography. Clergy Sexual Misconduct addresses how prevention, education, and treatment interventions can positively impact all levels of the clergy system. Numerous contributing experts share guidance on how individuals, families, congregants, and denominations can achieve recovery and reconciliation through a systemic approach.

Treatment Strategies for Substance Abuse and Process Addictions
Treatment Strategies for Substance Abuse and Process Addictions

Author: Robert L. Smith

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2015-03-05

Total Pages: 417

ISBN-13: 1119098297

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This distinctive and timely text examines the most prevalent substance and process addictions and focuses on current research and evidence-based treatment strategies. Major substance addictions discussed include alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, methamphetamines, and prescription drugs. Complete chapters are also devoted to the most frequently cited process addictions, making this text unique. Behavioral addictions covered in this text include pathological gambling, sex disorders, disordered eating, work, exercise, shopping, and Internet/gaming. Each chapter contains a listing of student learning outcomes, a case study with reflective questions, techniques for assessment and diagnosis, inpatient and outpatient treatment approaches, and resources for further study. With its emphasis on treatment strategies, this text can be used by practitioners as well as by professors in the classroom in introductory courses in addictions or in subsequent courses that focus on treatment strategies. *Requests for digital versions from the ACA can be found on wiley.com. *To request print copies, please visit the ACA website here. *Reproduction requests for material from books published by ACA should be directed to [email protected]

Is It Love or Is It Addiction
Is It Love or Is It Addiction

Author: Brenda Schaeffer

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2009-08-07

Total Pages: 325

ISBN-13: 1592858368

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A fresh, updated, and expanded edition of the book that changed the way we think about romance and intimacy. Many of us confuse longing and obsession with true love. Through two previous editions, Is It Love or Is It Addiction? has helped countless people find their way from the trials and confusion of addictive love to the fulfillment of whole and healthy relationships. As the author reveals, we can begin to work through relationship difficulties with compassion and lasting effect by increasing our awareness of the ways that we express love. In this expanded third edition, Brenda Schaeffer draws on years of feedback and new developments to foster an understanding of love addiction: what it is and what it is not, how to identify it, and, even more important, how to break free of it. Stories of real people struggling to develop sound relationships illustrate the characteristics of healthy love and help readers to free themselves to find real intimacy. Included is the most up-to-date information about the biological basis of addictive behaviors and the impact of technology on intimate relationships. The author also explores the influence of past abuse and trauma on the predisposition to love addiction.

Spiritual Wisdom
Spiritual Wisdom

Author: Claire Montanaro

Publisher: Piatkus

Published: 2014-03-06

Total Pages: 165

ISBN-13: 0349404763

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In SPIRITUAL WISDOM, spiritual teacher Claire Montanaro explains the ancient spiritual truths and how they apply to you and to our world. She teaches you: * How to achieve peace of mind and heart through spiritual understanding * The meaning and relevance of the Spiritual Laws, karma, reincarnation, the seven Rays, your soul's journey, life and death - and much more * How to contact and work with spiritual guides and discover your place in the divine cosmos * How to maximise your potential as a spiritual being Filled with information, advice and easy-to-follow exercises, SPIRITUAL WISDOM is for everyone, whatever their level of understanding and experience. Claire's is the voice of spiritual reason - her message is intensely profound and yet essentially simple.

Recover to Live
Recover to Live

Author: Christopher Kennedy Lawford

Publisher: BenBella Books, Inc.

Published: 2013-01-01

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 1936661977

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From New York Times bestselling author of Symptoms of Withdrawal and Moments of Clarity Christopher Kennedy Lawford comes a book that will save lives. For most of his early life, Christopher Kennedy Lawford battled life-threatening drug and alcohol addictions. Now in recovery for more than 25 years, he works to effect change and raise global awareness of addiction in nonprofit, private, and government circles, serving as the goodwill ambassador for drug dependence treatment and care for the United Nations. For the first time, Recover to Live brings together all of the most effective self-care treatments for the seven most toxic compulsions affecting every culture on the planet today—alcohol dependence, drug dependence, eating disorders, gambling, hoarding, smoking, sex, and porn. In Recover to Live, more than 100 of the world's top experts interviewed by Lawford share their research and wisdom on how to determine if your bad habit is becoming a dependency, what treatments will work best for you, how best to help yourself or a loved one recover from addiction, and how to lead a fulfilling and productive life in recovery.

Going Deeper
Going Deeper

Author: Jean-Claude Gerard Koven

Publisher: Wendy Jane Carrel

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13: 9780972395403

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In the aftermath of 9/11 . . . Larry, a successful young Los Angeles lawyer, and his dog, Zeus, negotiate a life-changing, two-and-a-half-day odyssey that leads them to Joshua Tree National Park. There, Larry encounters an array of unlikely teachers including talking trees and stones, white buffaloes, and a rap-spouting raccoon. These unorthodox characters mock conventional wisdom with irreverential humor to reveal to him the back-stage mechanics of Creation. Larry for the first time understands who he really is and why he has chosen to be born on Earth at this precise time. He also comes to appreciate the perfection of the Great Experiment and the extraordinary possibilities awaiting the human race; should it awaken before it's too late.